[PATCH] docs: netdev: refine 15-patch limit
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-01-13 17:47:35
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documentation, documentation process, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
The 15 patch limit is intended by the maintainers to cover all outstanding patches on the mailing list, not just those in a single patchset. Document this practice accordingly. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
index 989192421cc9db6c93c816f2dfb7afbe48dd25fc..d98d2f46129eb0eaf55e5106d50b214ddc7bfb67 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst@@ -363,6 +363,14 @@ just do it. As a result, a sequence of smaller series gets merged quicker and with better review coverage. Re-posting large series also increases the mailing list traffic. +Limit patches outstanding on mailing list +----------------------------------------- + +Avoid having more than 15 patches, across all series, outstanding for +review on the mailing list. This limit is intended to focus developer +effort on testing patches before upstream review. Aiding the quality of +upstream submissions, and easing the load on reviewers. + .. _rcs: Local variable ordering ("reverse xmas tree", "RCS")